Where superstitions continue to thrive: The Lost Dutchman Mine has never been found, but Arizona's Superstition Wilderness yields other riches. (Travel.recreation).(Superstition Mountains)

Sunset | March 1, 2002| | Copyright

Some are crude, a few lines scrawled on crumpled paper. Others are elaborate, with detailed elevations of peaks and rock formations. Yet, the maps, which hang at Goldfield Ghost Town's Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum, all have a commonality. They're marked with an X or an arrow as well as the transparent hope of finding the fabled Lost Dutchman gold mine.

For more than 100 years, men and women have wondered about this legendary mine within the dramatic volcanic spires and canyons of the Superstition Mountains, which lie some 40 miles east of Phoenix. The ...

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